i'm going to be skint by the end of the month

[claudy]

live and learn eh

but if you dont mind me asking, as i have never had the guts to ask anybody for money even when i could really ahve done with 10p for the nightbus, what is it that makes people asking for money so vicious?? is it the sitting around in the cold feeling shit with a comedown/rattle etc or is it the percieved shame of begging, or is it that actually you do think everyone else is a cunt?

cos it does seem you'd get a better reaction by being nice.

obv you dont have to answer. just curious



wiskers

Generally speaking I was ultra polite and well mannerred, with the exeption of the woman at the bookshop who seemed to insipire rudeness( it probably made her day!) I was certainly never vicious, possibly sarcastic, definately not a thug. When I did that i was not in a good place full stop, i lived on that hideous( infamous) traveller site in warmley( behind the school) and just wanted to make enough money to get the fuck out of dodge, trouble is you get used to doing it(begging) and i suppose it becomes a bit like prostitution in that respect, doesnt make you feel very good about yourself but you get used to the cash( and the cash wasplenty and often) so did it for longer than intended. By the way is the bookshpo still there, havent been back to central bristol in years?

 

[wiskey]

Generally speaking I was ultra polite and well mannerred, with the exeption of the woman at the bookshop who seemed to insipire rudeness( it probably made her day!) I was certainly never vicious, possibly sarcastic, definately not a thug. When I did that i was not in a good place full stop, i lived on that hideous( infamous) traveller site in warmley( behind the school) and just wanted to make enough money to get the fuck out of dodge, trouble is you get used to doing it(begging) and i suppose it becomes a bit like prostitution in that respect, doesnt make you feel very good about yourself but you get used to the cash( and the cash wasplenty and often) so did it for longer than intended. By the way is the bookshpo still there, havent been back to central bristol in years?

not sure i've only lived here two weeks and i cant say looking at xtian bookshops has been top of my sightseeing

i wasnt implying you were vicious btw.

 

[claudy]

not sure i've only lived here two weeks and i cant say looking at xtian bookshops has been top of my sightseeing

i wasnt implying you were vicious btw.

Oh well, thereason i frequented the bookshop was because i reasoned that i knew tath they knew that i knew thay were xtians and they'd have to give me cash or risk eternal damnation, did the trick too! What do u think of bristol?

 

[wiskey]

they knew that i knew thay were xtians and they'd have to give me cash or risk eternal damnation, did the trick too! What do u think of bristol?

rotfl

bristols good, bit soggy but when it rains there are people who just GET WET! no umberellas! its so nice, i dont have to wear eye protection.

we went to a farmers market today and i'm enjoying living off of a main road with no speed camera directly opposite or 24hour busses. its a bit quiet tbh

busses are shit, but its nice walking places and it not being a horrid experience. a few street cleaners wouldnt go amiss mind.

i cant understand most of the people i live near, the south bristol burr leaves me guessing on many occasions.

 

[kalidarkone]

Hmmm If you would rather your money went direct to rough sleepers in Bristol, then I reckon The cold weather project may be the place, Im not sure where it is this year, but I will find out... also the other place is the night shelter, I can let you know by next week....

 

[wiskey]

yeah please kali

 

[claudy]

rotfl

bristols good, bit soggy but when it rains there are people who just GET WET! no umberellas! its so nice, i dont have to wear eye protection.

we went to a farmers market today and i'm enjoying living off of a main road with no speed camera directly opposite or 24hour busses. its a bit quiet tbh

busses are shit, but its nice walking places and it not being a horrid experience. a few street cleaners wouldnt go amiss mind.

i cant understand most of the people i live near, the south bristol burr leaves me guessing on many occasions.

Are u ahving a gert nice time me old babby, ( thats my best bristolian)GLad you likin your new region, i'm a hackney girl born and raised but have lived in teh west countrysince i left home( started livin as a dirty hippy traveller) live in cornwall now, which is v quiet andremote but keeps me out of trouble in the main, god if you think its qiuiet in bristol you should try falmouth! I am no longer travelling but live in a really lovely squat overlooking the sea, just me and my kids and weve been here nearly 3 years now so cant be bad,seems like not much has changed fundamentally in bristol from what your saying re the begging situation, like i said in a couple of weeks time the beggars will be minted so save your money for your new place eh

 

[wiskey]

Are u ahving a gert nice time me old babby, ( thats my best bristolian)GLad you likin your new region, i'm a hackney girl born and raised but have lived in teh west countrysince i left home( started livin as a dirty hippy traveller) live in cornwall now, which is v quiet andremote but keeps me out of trouble in the main, god if you think its qiuiet in bristol you should try falmouth! I am no longer travelling but live in a really lovely squat overlooking the sea, just me and my kids and weve been here nearly 3 years now so cant be bad,seems like not much has changed fundamentally in bristol from what your saying re the begging situation, like i said in a couple of weeks time the beggars will be minted so save your money for your new place eh

i have never been to falmouth, but i'm a brixtonite by tradition (well i was for 22 years anyhow) so for me bedminster is positively dead. derv on the other hand is from ruralville and finds it quite busy. i have a feeling he'd love falmouth if its quiet.

 

[claudy]

i have never been to falmouth, but i'm a brixtonite by tradition (well i was for 22 years anyhow) so for me bedminster is positively dead. derv on the other hand is from ruralville and finds it quite busy. i have a feeling he'd love falmouth if its quiet.

Its sooo quiet, there is a big art college so there's the usual art studenty hang outs and its quite good for a small town in that respect, there is live music and there are plenty of free parties, but its still quiet if you come from the smoke, its tranquil tho, my kids have a nice life, wlak to school on their own sometimes without me freakin out, they hang out on the beach and stuff in the summer its nice and safe, great for teh kids not always so much fun for mum but cant have it all, and to stay on thread, there are occasionally beggars but not often, we do have the obligatory issue sellars but that franchise has a firm stronghold so be surprised if otherwise. Its is a much better idea to give to shelters, esp at this time of year. Trouble with giving money yourself on a personal basis, its always gonna be the fitter more proactive beggar that can keep up, or make themself heard thahts gonna get teh drop, the really needy, genuinely homeless, vulnerable types really cannot feed themselves or find shelter easily, you just gotta take one look really to tell who lives in a trailer, squat, v who lives rough genuinely, but its hard cos some of the really vulnerable types are difficult to approach, theyre a bit scary sometimes, often have mental health problems and its those thaht are hepled most by te shelters generally.

 

[electrogirl]

By the way is the bookshpo still there, havent been back to central bristol in years?

there are 2 up park street, one is called WesleyOwen, I didn't bloody know it was a christian book shop and i went in there looking for a job, the lady asked me which church i belonged to and i looked at her like she was mental and said i didn't really believe in God. She said that might be a problem.

I'm sure there is some kind of discrimination case there somewhere.

 

[claudy]

there are 2 up park street, one is called WesleyOwen, I didn't bloody know it was a christian book shop and i went in there looking for a job, the lady asked me which church i belonged to and i looked at her like she was mental and said i didn't really believe in God. She said that might be a problem.

I'm sure there is some kind of discrimination case there somewhere.

I wonder if its the mars bar lady?

 

[butterfly child]

I said before about my begging days in brizzle, its really not something tat i reckon is big or clever, its just what i did at the time anyway, when i was begging up by teh christian bookshop in park st ( dont know if its still there or not) this woman used to give me a mars bar wrapped around god leaflet with an elastic band securing said parcel, anyway i was amazing rude to this woman( again not proud) every day she would give me one of her parcels and i would go " oh fucking great,what bit shall i eatfirst, that should last me all week "etc ( other such unfunny wittisicms) every day i'd get home get stoned empty my pockets at some point, looking for a lighter whatever, and chuck the damned mars bar parcels in teh bin, one day got home and a mates kid asked if they could have te gak bar, on unwrapping teh parcel discovered two crisp tenners tucked into the god leaflet!, Cue rapid bin searching whereon i found a couple more with about £60 altogether, felt slightly ill at the thought of how many i'd chucked in the bin. Wait a minute this does have an ending, on returning to teh spot outside te bookshop, i saw teh woman again of course but now i know shes given mme al this cash, cant bring myself to be horrid to her, she stopped giving me the parcels as i was being nice, suppose she thought she converted me, try as i might could just never genuinely be nasty to her so never got another penny!

So did you feel any shame at treating this woman like shit, whilst all the time she'd probably been slipping those notes into those mars bar wrappers?

Next time someone says "I usually give a beggar food", I'll remember this and keep my money to myself - I'm not going to give food to someone who's probably going to chuck it away.